Richard Edlund

Visual Effects

Born: 1940-12-06
From: Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Biography

Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations6 won · 8 nominated

🏆 Won

John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation

2007
🏆 Won

Sitges Film Festival best special effects award

Species

1995
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Alien 3

1993
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Die Hard

1989
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1987
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Ghostbusters

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

2010: The Year We Make Contact

1985
🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

1984
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Poltergeist

1983
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982
🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

1981
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1978
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1978

Acting24 titles

Production2 titles

Visual Effects26 titles

Crew1 title